Envisioning the Possibilities for Translanguaging Pedagogies Through Teacher-Researcher Collaboration in Second-Language Contexts

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

While translanguaging has demonstrated pedagogical promises to serve emergent bilinguals, we have yet to find sustainable ways to make translanguaging pedagogies norms in our classroom spaces. This work requires researchers to develop a deep knowledge of and relationship with various classroom contexts. Therefore, we believe that it is crucial to adopt equitable forms of teacher-researcher collaboration to unleash and realize the potential of translanguaging pedagogies in language classrooms. This symposium brings together four groups of scholars who work with teachers closely to co-design and implement translanguaging pedagogies in different second language learning contexts. It aims to highlight the possibilities and challenges of teacher-researcher collaboration and call for more participatory research to resist the monolingual bias that pervades educational institutions today.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Second Language Research

Chairs

• Leah Shepard-Carey, Drake University

• Zhongfeng Tian, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Papers

• Sustaining Translanguaging in Elementary Classrooms: The Role of Long-Term Teacher-Researcher Collaboration - Leah Shepard-Carey, Drake University

• Collaborative Translanguaging Designs in a Third-Grade Chinese Language Arts Class - Zhongfeng Tian, The University of Texas at San Antonio

• Designing Translingual Pedagogies: Exploring Pedagogical Translation Through a Classroom Teaching Experiment - Samuel David, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Preparing Pre- and In-Service ESL and FSL Teachers to Implement Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy - Diane Querrien, Concordia University; Angelica Galante, McGill University

Discussant

• Melinda E. Martin-Beltran, University of Maryland - College Park